22 August 2021
Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

~~Collect for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Memorial Service for Gloria Cheyney
 
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Gloria Cheyney, who passed away in May 2020, will be held on Saturday, August 21 at 10:00 am in the church. All are welcome. Masks are required.
Church by the Pond – August 21 – 2:00 P.M.

Church by the Pond is the Saturday worship service companion to the “Church Street Eats” feeding program in Bushnell Park, both coordinated by Christ Church Cathedral. Trinity is one of a number of area churches who participate in this ministry, and have since it began 10 years ago. 
 
Trinity’s next opportunity to serve in this ministry is Saturday, August 21. We’ll participate in the worship service by the pond at 2:00, led by Rev. D. We will distribute lunches following the service, and should finish around 3:00.
 
Please come for as much of this time as you can – friends and families are welcome. Please contact me if you have questions.
 
Penny Pearson, on behalf of this ministry
Adult Christian Formation Survey

The Adult Christian Formation team needs your ideas! As we plan forums and events for the coming program year, we want to know what topics and presenters you're interested in. So, we are taking a survey. It's a short questionnaire, and it should take only a few minutes to fill it out.

There will be paper copies for you to complete in church on Sunday. The survey is also available here, where you can fill it out electronically and submit it.

We have some great offerings planned for early in the fall, but we want to make sure that what we offer is what you're looking for! Please take a few minutes to let us know what Christian Formation topics are of interest to you.

Martha Freimuth, team leader
15 August 2021 -- 12th Sunday after Pentecost -- Trinity Church
… I was a stranger and you invited me in.  
—Matthew 25:35
 
An Opportunity to Resettle an Afghan Refugee Family

Trinity church, together with St. Patrick St. Anthony (Hartford), is going to resettle one of the thousands of refugee families now fleeing Afghanistan. Trinity has a decades-long history of helping refugees, and we are now privileged to continue that tradition. We are going to help our new family find housing, furnishings, clothing, jobs for the adults, English lessons, health care, and public education for the children. There are big jobs and little jobs for us to do -- a job to fit every volunteer. Please contact Anne Rapkin for more information (860-521-5992; a.rapkin@snet.net).
 
Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers for by doing that some have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.  —Hebrews 13:1-2
Welcoming Refugees: Deepening Our
Understanding of Culture--Theirs and Ours
We all know we have cultural beliefs and values, but often give little thought to them when we are working with immigrants and refugees in their struggles to acculturate into the US. We arm ourselves with general knowledge about their culture, while ignoring our own. Yet often we automatically see things through our own cultural lenses, which hinders our ability to help refugees adapt to this new land. Through the use of numerous examples of cultural disconnects, this session will help participants explore the broad categories of culture, their own cultural lenses, and offer suggestions for more in depth exploration in times of cultural disconnect or discordance to enhance our ability to assist refugees.

This session will be presented via Zoom and moderated by Dr. Judi Durham and will be joined by Mr. Naji Aldabaan, whose family was co-sponsored under Judi’s leadership and whose family’s story was featured in Welcome to the New World.

Judi Durham, Ph.D., LPC, is a psychotherapist with a focus on trauma; and Professor Emeritus, University of Saint Joseph. Her areas of concentration include multicultural & international counseling, and the intersection of culture, diversity and social justice in the provision of mental health services.

Click to RSVP – Wednesday, September 22, 6:00-7:30 PM A Zoom link will be sent upon receipt of registration.
Crisis in Haiti

On Saturday, August 14, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the southwest portion of Haiti. This devastating earthquake was followed by Tropical Storm Grace on Monday night and much of Tuesday. More than 1 million people, including more than half a million children, have been impacted by the back-to-back disasters, and the death toll is close to 2000. Episcopal Relief & Development and its partners are responding immediately with direct assistance to vulnerable households in the region, as partners plan long-term recovery. Your generous gift can provide assistance to help people in the wake of these disasters. To assist in these efforts, visit episcopalrelief.org/haiti-relief.
Worship on Sunday, August 29th

Oh, how good and pleasant it is, when kindred live together in unity!    Psalm 133:1
 
On Sunday, August 29th Trinity Church will join with others from across ECCT to worship at St. Monica’s Hartford (3575 Main St. Hartford, CT) at 10:30 A.M.

The service will be outdoors as well as streamed to www.youtube.com/ctepiscopal.

In case of inclement weather, the service will be moved inside with masks and social distancing. There will be no worship on that day at Trinity Church, 120 Sigourney St. at either 8:00 A.M. or 10:00 A.M.

We hope as many of you as possible with join us in worshiping with our friends at St. Monica’s.
Annual Backpack Collection Most Welcome!
 
Thanks to your generosity, Trinity was able to present 23 backpacks to Covenant to Care for Children on August 9. Thank you so much for your support of this ministry!

Dear Trinity congregation, I just got off the phone with your new matched social worker Mari from DCF Hartford. First of all she is honored and thrilled to be chosen to be matched with your church. "The backpacks were awesome, and filled with excellent supplies." The workers were thrilled with them and have already distributed them to the children in need in their caseloads.

Many Blessings,

Catherine Haugh
Regional Coordinator
Covenant to Care for Children
15 August 2021 -- 12th Sunday after Pentecost -- Trinity Church
Rector on Vacation

Rev. D will be taking some well-deserved time off beginning Friday, August 26 and will return to the office on Tuesday, September 7th.

Should you need pastoral care, please call the office (860-527-8133 ext 204) and speak with Barbara Roos who can connect you with a priest.
Trinity Book Group

For its next gathering, which will be in September, Trinity's Book Group has chosen The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren. In concise, highly readable chapters, the author takes us through the science behind the key inventions—from electric power to large-scale farming to automobiles—that, even as they help us, release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere like never before. She explains the current and projected consequences of global warming and the actions that we all can take to fight back. All are welcome to attend this meeting, which will be September 24th, 7 pm, which is expected to be in-person! Location TBA.
Sunday Morning Mask Policy

Masks at indoor Sunday services are now required for those who are vaccinated and non-vaccinated.
Worship With Us at Trinity Church

Sunday, August 22: Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Holy Eucharist in the Memorial Garden, 8 AM

Holy Eucharist at 10 AM in the Church and via YouTube


Thursday, August 26

Noon Prayer via Zoom

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(Thursday noon services will be Eucharist in person on the first Sunday of each month, Noon Prayer on Zoom the remaining Thursdays.)
Weekly Calendar
 
Sunday, August 22nd       Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
        8:00 A.M.               Holy Eucharist Rite II (Memorial Garden)
      10:00 A.M.               Holy Eucharist Rite II (Church)
Monday, August 23rd
         9:00 A.M.            Choir School Camp
 
Tuesday, August 24th
         9:00 A.M.            Choir School Camp
 
Wednesday, August 25th
         9:00 A.M.            Choir School Camp
 
Thursday, August 26th           
         9:00 A.M.            Choir School Camp
          12:00 P.M.             Noonday Prayer (Zoom)
 
Friday, August 27th
         9:00 A.M.            Choir School Camp
          7:00 P.M.            NA Group Meeting (Huntington Hall)
 
Sunday, August 29th        Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
                                          No Sunday Service at Trinity Church
       10:30 A.M.               Holy Eucharist Rite II (St. Monica’s Church,
                                                                             3575 Main St. Hartford, CT)
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